2 Storytelling Extra Practice
2.2 Vocabulary Books and films
1 * Complete the sentences.
beginning chapter hit novelist publishers setting
1 J. K. Rowling is a British ......................... who is famous for the Harry
Potter series of books.
2 In the first ......................... of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry is a baby.
3 At the .......................... of the first book, eleven-year-old Harry Potter
discovers that he’s a wizard.
4 The ......................... of the books is mainly Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry.
5 The books were a ......................... around the world – you can read
them in 67 languages!
6 At first J. K. Rowling wasn’t successful and lots of .........................
didn’t like her first book.
2 ** Complete the text.
I’m a member of a reading group at school. We read a book, write a
(1) r......................... of it and then discuss our opinions at the next
meeting. It’s fun being a book (2) c......................... I enjoy writing my own
stories too and I won an (3) a......................... at school last year for the
best young storyteller. My dream is to be a famous novelist and write an
amazing book that is a (4) b......................... around the world. I’ve got
some great ideas already. The (5) n......................... is a young girl my
age, there’s an exciting story and the (6) e......................... is very
dramatic. My spelling and grammar isn’t always perfect, so I think I need
to find a good (7) e......................... !
3 *** Complete the text.
The Hunger Games is a science fiction book by the American
(1) ......................... Suzanne Collins. The (2) ......................... of the book
is a place called Panem where certain children between the ages of 12
and 18 have to participate in the annual Hunger Games. At the
(3) ......................... of the novel the leader of Panem explains the history
of the cruel games. The main character Katniss Everdeen and her friend
Peeta Mellark have to fight for their lives, but there’s a happy
(4) ......................... In 2012, they released a film based on the book which
received very positive (5) ......................... from the critics and the song
‘Safe and Sound’ won a Grammy (6) ......................... for the Best Song
Written for Visual Media.
Student’s Book 2.2 Unit 2